appoint

ap·point

verb \ə-ˈpȯint\

Definition of APPOINT

transitive verb

1

a : to fix or set officially <appoint a trial date>

b : to name officially <will appoint her director of the program>

c archaic : arrange

d : to determine the disposition of (an estate) to someone by virtue of a power of appointment

2

: to provide with complete and usually appropriate or elegant furnishings or equipment <a beautifully appointed room>

intransitive verb

: to exercise a power of appointment

Examples of APPOINT

1. She was appointed professor of chemistry at the university.
2. After his parents died, the boy's uncle was appointed as his guardian.
3. Every year, the group appoints three new members.
4. a committee appointed by Congress
5. the company's newly appointed assistant director

Origin of APPOINT

Middle English, from Anglo-French appointer, from a- (from Latin ad-) + point point

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to APPOINT

Synonyms

designate, fix, name, set

Antonyms

discharge, dismiss, expel, fire

Related Words

adopt, assign, choose, determine, establish, opt (for), pick, pin (down), prefer, select, settle, single (out), specify; arrange, coordinate, orchestrate; advertise, announce, declare, publish

Near Antonyms

blackball, depose, dethrone, displace, eject, evict, oust, overthrow, remove, throw out, uncrown, unmake, unseat

See Synonym Discussion at furnish

Other Furniture and Woodworking Terms

credenza, mission, settee

Rhymes with APPOINT

adjoint, anoint, aroint, ballpoint, bluepoint, blue point, break point, butt joint, checkpoint, choke point, clip joint, conjoint, dew point, disjoint, drypoint, end point, fixed-point, flash point, game point, grade point, gunpoint, High Point, hinge joint, hip joint, ice point, juke joint, knifepoint, lap joint, match point, midpoint, near point, nonpoint, outpoint, pen point, pinpoint, pourpoint, price point, seal point, set point, standpoint, strongpoint, tuck-point, viewpoint, waypoint